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"Wicked Game" is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak from his third album Heart Shaped World (1989). It was released as a single to little attention in July 1989 but became a sleeper hit when Lee Chestnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began broadcasting it after hearing it in Lynch's film Wild at Heart (1990).
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) [2] [3] is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. Noted for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range, he is popularly known for his breakthrough hit and signature song "Wicked Game"; as well as international hits such as "Blue Hotel", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", and "Somebody's Crying".
"Wicked Game" was released as a single, and the album reached the U.S. Top 10 peaking at number 7 on the Billboard chart by April 1991, garnering sales of more than 500,000 copies. [8] The video for the single, filmed in black and white, featured a topless Helena Christensen and a shirtless Isaak in the surf and on the beach.
Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time. In 1990, she starred in the music video for Chris Isaak's song "Wicked Game". [9] The video was later featured on MTV's "Sexiest Video of All-Time", voted #4 on VH1's "50 Sexiest
"Wicked Game" - 4:44 "Best I Ever Had" - 3:57 "Worked It Out Wrong" - 3:43 "Two Hearts" - 4:11 "Take My Heart" - 2:43 "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" - 6:12 "San Francisco Days" - 2:53 "Move Along" - 3:36 "Dancin'" - 4:16 "Blue Spanish Sky" - 4:39 "Mr. Lonely Man" [Bonus Track] (Available on iTunes) - 2:49 "Goin' Nowhere" [Bonus Track] (Available on ...
The 19-year-old Team Niall singer took the stage with a pitch-perfect performance of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" that had even Blake Shelton leaping out of his seat to sing her praises to Niall.
The music video of the song was commissioned after its inclusion on Eyes Wide Shut, and directed by Herb Ritts, who also did the video for Isaak's "Wicked Game." It features French model Laetitia Casta videotaped in a motel room gyrating sexually being watched by Isaak. Casta was dressed in lingerie and wore a black wig throughout the video.
"Wicked Game" (Version 1) 1990 David Lynch "Wicked Game" (Version 2) 1991 Herb Ritts "Blue Spanish Sky" Bruce Weber "Can't Do a Thing (to Stop Me)" 1993 Michael Haussman "San Francisco Days" Gus Van Sant "Solitary Man" Larry Clark "Two Hearts" Yuri Neyman "Dark Moon" 1994 Nicola Pecorini "Somebody's Crying" 1995 Bill Pope "Go Walking Down There"